4-22-21
SEACOR MARINE SAYS DIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO SEARCH THE CAPSIZED LIFT BOAT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO TO RECOVER ANY OF THE BODIES OF THE MISSING CREW. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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DUSON POLICE CHIEF KIP JUDICE IS CONSIDERING MODIFYING THE DEPARTMENT’S POLICY ON PURSUITS OF SUSPECTS AFTER A HIGH SPEED CHASE THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND. THE SUSPECT, TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD TRISTON DUPUIS, WHO ALLEGEDLY STOLE CASH FROM MISS MAMIE’S CASINO, REACHED UP TO NINETY-FIVE MILES AN HOUR IN TRYING TO FLEE FROM THE DUSON POLICE. HE WENT THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION ZONE ON DUGAS ROAD, DROVE SOUTHBOUND IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF I-FORTY-NINE AND EVENTUALLY CRASHED HIS VEHICLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST ALEXANDER AND LAJAUNIE ROAD IN NORTH LAFAYETTE. JUDICE SAYS THE OFFICER DID NOTHING WRONG ACCORDING TO DEPARTMENT POLICY, BUT THE PURSUIT POLICY IS NOW UNDER REVIEW.
Louisiana would make kindergarten mandatory if lawmakers agree to a bill that won support from a Senate committee. The proposal from Senate Education Chairman Cleo Fields would require children who turn 5 years old by Sept. 30 of each year to attend kindergarten, starting with the 2022-23 school year. Children in Louisiana currently are required to attend school from the ages of 7 to 18, unless they graduate early from high school. The education committee approved the bill on a 5-1 vote.
SO FAR TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD ONE WEEK AGO IN LAKE CHARLES, AND MORE ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED. A TOTAL OF FOUR PEOPLE WERE SHOT ON FIFTH AVENUE AND THE SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. ON THAT SAME DAY, EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD GREGORY PETE OF LAKE CHARLES WAS ARRESTED ON CHARGES THAT INCLUDE SECOND DEGREE MURDER. ON TUESDAY, POLICE ARRESTED TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD SHANIA CITIZEN OF LAKE CHARLES, WHO WAS BOOKED FOR ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT, AND HER BOND WAS SET AT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARRESTED A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO KIDNAP A JUVENILE. ANOTHER PERSON WAS ABLE TO GET THE JUVENILE BACK FROM THE SUSPECT, THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA BOUTTE, BUT BOUTTE THEN PULLED OUT A GUN. THE OTHER PERSON MANAGED TO GET THE GUN FROM BOUTTE, WHO THEN FLED THE SCENE. HE WAS LATER ARRESTED BY A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
L-A NINETY AND L-A FOURTEEN. INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THAT THE GUN BOUTTE HAD WAS STOLEN.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A RUNAWAY SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL. TIFANY GUTIERREZ IS BELIEVED TO BE TRAVELING WITH HER BOYFRIEND, WHO HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE FACEBOOK PAGE HAS POSTED A PICTURE OF HER ALONG WITH THE VEHICLE SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND ARE BELIEVED TO BE USING. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON HER WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.
HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR COVID-NINETEEN ARE DOWN IN LOUISIANA BY EIGHT. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS EDGED UP BY ONE, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES WERE REPORTED STATEWIDE. THERE WERE EIGHT MORE DEATHS.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD NO NEW DEATHS. ACADIANA REPORTED TWO MORE DEATHS, WHICH WERE BOTH IN VERMILLION PARISH. ACADIANA HAD SIXTY-NINE NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES, INCLUDING THIRTY-EIGHT IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. CALCASIEU PARISH HAD THIRTY-ONE OF THE FORTY-THREE NEW CASES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
